2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” ranking.

Physical Therapy/Therapist is the 59th most popular major in the country with 13,134 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Carolina, there were 79 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physical therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina doctor’s degree physical therapy students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in South Carolina

#1

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$25,673 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Medical University of South Carolina. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina list. Medical University of South Carolina is a small public school situated in Charleston, South Carolina. It awarded 58 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

MUSC also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at MUSC are $25,673, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at Medical University of South Carolina

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 21 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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